(Pre)March Madness

If you can't tell by the way that I've been phoning it in today, I've been busy preparing to get out of town—I hope to have some quality content from my trip to NYC. In the meantime, check out the Tournament of Books, hosted by The Morning News and complete with brackets. I could've seen Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell going all the way (I'd bet that Crooked Timber and Will Baude would back me up here) but I don't know what you can honestly expect 19th century wizards to do against Holocaust literature. In this regard I think you'll get a strong showing from The Plot Against America, who has the boosted advantage of playing in a comparatively weak conference. Entirely unexplained—how I Am Charlotte Simmons is alive after the first round.